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W. A. HULL.

Inkstand.

No. 226,317. Patented A ril 6,1880.

17 ran 507' NPETERS. PHOTULITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

YWOLOOTTVA. HULL, on NEW YORK, Y.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,317, dated. April 6, 1880.

Application filed June 27, 1879.

mirror, ornamental plate, calendar, &c., in

combination with a receptacle for holding pens, stamps, and the usual requisites for writing; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of a supportingframe and a sliding drawer in connection with the base of the stand.

In the accompanying drawing is shown a perspective View of an inkstand containing my improvements, showing the drawer partially zo drawn out.

a is the base-plate of the inkstand. b b are ink bottles or reservoirs, and c c the side upright frames between which the bottles are suspended. d is a box-shaped. compartment,

(shown in the drawing located between the bottles I) 1),) into which a drawer, 0, slides, which drawer is intended as a repository for pens, stamps, or other small articles used in writing. f is a frame which is supported on 0 the top of the box-case d, and preferably set at an inclination thereto, and which is designed to receive a small mirror, ornamental or business card, or calendar, as may be preferred. This frame is shown in the drawing of oblong shape and open to expose the whole face of the card, 850. but, if preferred, I may make it only with small openings or slots, so as to adapt it to a perpetual or annual calendar, and of a box shape, without departing from my invention.

In the accompanying drawing the frame and drawer beneath are shown arranged centrally between the bottles; but for greater convenience they may be placed at one side, and the combination may be used on an inks'tand containing one or more ink-reservoirs and constructed in any ordinary and well-known manner.

I claim The iukstand consisting of the base a, surmounted at each end by the frames 0, supporting the tilting bottles I), and surmounted at its center between the bottles by the sloping frame f, adapted to contain a calendar or other similar article, and provided with the drawer c,

all substantially as shown and described.

WOLCOTT A. HULL. Witnesses J. H. KISSAM, JAMES H. HUNTER. 

